Ireland Follows UK Example & Becomes Second Country to Declare a Climate Emergency

Earlier this month, Ireland became only the second nation in the world to declare a climate emergency, following the example of the United Kingdom.

This should help to add to the seriousness of this issue, which some political figures - most notably America's Donald Trump and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro - to take this issue more seriously, instead of seemingly laughing it off and waving off all concerns as not serious. 

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Ireland Becomes 2nd Country to Declare a Climate Emergency by Joe McCarthy,  May 10, 2019:

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